Or, at least, I suspect it compromises my immune system and makes me more vulnerable to germs than I normally would be. The problem is that it’s hard to tease out the primary causes — it could be the drinking, which often goes hand in hand with the sex, especially if you’re getting action on the prowl. Relationship sex is mostly sober unless your relationship is dysfunctional. It could be the mingling of fluids and exhaled breath. Or maybe it’s a general weakening that happens when precious sperm leaves its home.
I know someone who fucks for hours at a time but refrains from ejaculating, pausing when the moment of imminence arrives, and starting up again when it’s passed. (I can do this. The trick is to squeeze hard at the base of the shaft when you’re about to cum. It shuts the hydraulics off. Timing is everything.) He does this for one or two week cycles, at the end of each cycle I assume he unloads with a blast that could drill a hole in drywall. He swears this gives him more energy and a feeling of invincibility from all the testosterone that builds up, and is supposed to slow the aging process.
Vitamins and anti-oxidants like grape seed extract have been ineffectual.
My choice:
Swear off sex for six months to recalibrate my immune system and return to the field desperate and horny, but healthy.
Or
Continue fucking as my lifeforce drains out of me and I die prematurely from the common cold.
PSA: Viagra is weak. I recommend ordering yohimbe from India where they manufacture a more potent form of this natural “male enhancer”. It will make your shaft feel like adamantine and the tip extra-sensitive.
One or two week cycles? Good God, who is this man from Nazareth? That’s Shaolin-level discipline.
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If you took 6 months off, you can still beat it. Absolutely NOT the same, I know…but it is some release. You seem to be eying an all or nothing approach, here. That being said, six months without sex is not really a life I want to live.
I say keep pounding way and meet your maker a bit earlier. It is worth it.
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You know in some insects, once the male ejaculates they DIE. Or the female eats them. Consider yourself lucky.
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off topic but you’ll dig this:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/04/21/080421fa_fact_diamond?currentPage=all
“Any Westerner who knows the story of Helen and the Trojan War will not be surprised to hear women named as a casus belli, but the equal importance of pigs is less obvious. However, New Guinea Highlanders, whose main food staples are starchy root crops like sweet potato and taro, are chronically starved for protein, of which the island’s dark, bristly pigs traditionally furnished the only large source. As a result, pigs are prized symbols of prestige and wealth. Peaceful competition and ostentatious displays involve pigs, and they are also used as currency for buying women.”
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Keep in mind that if your health crashes your sex drive and sexual performance will suffer to a similar degree.
A third way is too lay off the sauce, hunker down with a group of select favorites and recharge. If game is about choice why are you limiting your options where your health is concerned?
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Roissy:
You’re probably suffering from toxic overload in general. Nearly everyone is. I would recommend the Takara Japanese Foot Patches or bentonite clay baths (and I know how much my opinion means to you). You’ll suffer for as long as it takes and it could take months or years, depending on how toxic you are.
Be forewarned; the patches produce an offensive smell. Detox symptoms can be severe if done too quickly and your elimination passages are not clear (lymphs, bowels, kidney, liver, bladder). Have those checked first. Also use Dr. Richard Shultze Intestinal formula 1 and 2 from the American Botanical Pharmacy. He’s a very pro-sex take-no-prisoners blast-inside-and-everywhere “natural healing evangelist”. Just your type…and he’s German and they’re the best in bed. Hehe.
And no, Mr. Know-it-all, I am not literally or figuratively full of shit on this one. Just about every is “merked” (merced) as in mercury poisoned. It accumulates in your reproductive organs and brain mostly. Our two favorite parts. Mercury has been fucking with my mind and emotions, but am getting better. No more rantings. Sorry, if you miss them.
The Mad Hatter is based in fact; hatters used to use mercury as starch. Generally, it won’t show up on blood tests, hair or urinalys, as it hides in cells. Most doctors and dentists are idiots when it comes to knowledge but they’re learning. Other not so capitalistic countries are way ahead of us on this. The EPA lists mercury as the #3 most toxic hazardous substance. There are many sources of mercury, but silver fillings are the worst.
This has been a public service announcement.
http://www.takarapatch.com/?src=google
http://www.dental–health.com/amalgam_fillings_mercury.html
http://www.herbdoc.com/home_1024x768.asp
http://www.magneticclay.com/
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“And no, Mr. Know-it-all, I am not literally or figuratively full of shit on this one. Just about every is “merked” (merced) as in mercury poisoned.”
Then why are we living longer than ever — and healthier lives that ever? In fact, people — especially white women — are overstaying their welcome, living too long and putting a drain on the system. My idea of a good society does not consist of nursing homes filled with greying old bats. We need more mercury so we can kick it sooner. No one needs to live till 95 — imagine those last 20 years.
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here are two magic steps that have solved 90+% of my historical catalogue of health problems:
(1) get enough sleep every day;
(2) drink lots and lots of water.
i have inferred from the timing of your posts that you don’t do (1), and (2) is more demanding than you might think (i usually drink about 1.5 gallons of water per day, even on days when i don’t work out at all).
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7 DOBA
People are living longer and are sicker than ever. When was the last time anything was cured? Check your stats. People have more chronic illness. How many are on medications? How many die each year from side effects? How many have inflammation of one kind or another? I could go on and on… Later I’ll bestow another unasked for hot tip on the unworthy here at roissy’s circus if you’re lucky. 🙂
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Where do you order yohimbe straight from India?
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I really shouldn’t even be replying to this, but Na-Ya, it makes no sense that if people are living longer they could not be “sicker than ever” and dying from “side effects.”
Because then they would be dead and people would not be living longer, as stats prove.
100 years ago, people died 20-30 years younger than they do now. That progress is unheard of in human history and anyone who thinks otherwise is a fearmonger and hysteric. If people are taking more drugs, its to enhance life, not because they’re “sicker than ever.”
I’m assuming at some point, you’re gonan come out against vaccines, in favor of “alternative medicine” and claim doctors want us to stay sick so they can make money. I’d rather hear that line of thinking from Seinfeld’s Kramer, because at least no one took him seriously.
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A few observations from the older and more broken-down set?
1) Frequent bar-hopping, late nights, booze, drugs, and sleeping around will in fact leave you depleted. They just will.
2) Are you in your 30s yet? Many guys find that their metabolisms go through a big shift in the early to mid 30s. At 29, they can stay out till 4 a.m. four nights a week. It’s like being a teen, only with a little maturity. At 35, not only can they no longer keep it up, they’ve lost interest in trying. (My own next big bump down so far as energy goes came in my late 40s …) Welcome to middle age.
3) It’s worth being careful, because the fatigue and energy-depletion can become literal sickness. I got hit by a case of chronic fatigue syndrome in my early 30s and it was some serious not-fun. Felt like a mid-level flu, and didn’t go away for over a year. Girls are more prone than guys to come down with chronic fatigue, but obviously guys can get it too — and if you do get it, it usually sticks around for years. People who come down with it generally do so because they’re staying out too late, sleeping around too much, etc. They generally find they have no choice but to change their habits — more sleep, careful eating, cutting down on intoxicants and sex partners … Healthy livin’. Many chronic-fatigue sufferers wind up changing jobs, moving out of the big city, etc. It tends to force certain life-choices on people.
4) One practical reason for settling into a relationship with one person is that it can be more restful, and less taxing on the physical-emotional system than catting around is. Assuming you find the right person, of course … But assuming you do find someone you genuinely enjoy spending time with, it doesn’t spell the end of adventure or experimentation. It’s just a change in the kind of adventure and experimentation. It’s nice. It’s like realizing you no longer get anything out of pounding, grunting, aggressive gym workouts, and turning to yoga or tai chi or swimming instead. Still a workout, but (if your physical-emotional system has indeed changed) a much more agreeable one.
5) Don’t laugh at Tantric sex. If you can find a partner who shares the interest, it can be the best of all possible experiences: not just hot, but also transporting, hallucinatory, mystical, imaginative, even religious. The combo of calm and slow together with breathing-each-other’s breath can launch you into dimensions of experience most Americans will never know anything about. No fooling.
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I have no idea how that smiley wound up in my comment just above. I hate smileys.
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Lots of sleep is good but I would recommend lots of water only when you’re sick to flush the system, not when you’re healthy. Drinking tons of water when healthy is actually bad for you by shifting narrow electrolyte balances substantially and can even kill you (water intoxication). You’re putting a lot of stress on your kidneys at 1.5 to 2 gallons of water a day and if you consume food already rich in water, such as fruits and vegetables then that is even more stress on your kideys, heart (water increases blood volume), and blood vessels which will impact you in the long run.
Usually, protein is the solution to a weakened immune system along with a good 8 hours sleep. Steer clear of hard liquor and you’ll be good to go. You don’t need to take six months off.
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i usually just lurk, but there is a lot of evidence suggesting the opposite. that regular sex is actually beneficial to your health….including a boost to the immune sustem.
“Wilkes University in Pennsylvania says individuals who have sex once or twice a week show 30% higher levels of an antibody called immunoglobulin A, which is known to boost the immune system.”
http://www.newsweek.com/id/74575
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DF, most recs I have seen have been for about 1 gallon of water per day. Spread out through out the day.
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At my age, early thirties, the objective of the game is to get married. Not get laid. Having said that, There’s a line between getting buzzed and getting drunk. I don’t drink to get drunk. I drink to get buzzed. It’s that pleasant feeling when you’re just relaxed, stress free and conversation flows freely. A few rounds of Scotch will do it. Love the after effect of Scotch. Pleasant warm feeling in your throat.
When you’re buzzed, sex is great. Even more so when you’re with someone you like and have some sort of emotional connection with. Doesn’t have to be love.
Drunk sex is generally not enjoyable for me. Drunk sex after staying out half the night is really not enjoyable and I feel sick the next day.
Buzzed sex after a nice dinner is best……strike that…..buzzed sex on Sunday afternoons is best. Both times you can still get a good night’s sleep. I really don’t like staying up half the night……You feel healthy too. Think your issues have more to do with lifestyle than sex.
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11 DOBA
“I really shouldn’t even be replying to this,…”
I feel the same way.
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UL, http://www.iom.edu/?id=18495&redirect=0
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True on the sleep, and alcohol reaaallly takes it out of you. But sex itself is healthy, so long as you don’t get an STD. Coming reduces prostate cancer risk.
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Are you actually getting sick (colds, etc.)? I always thought Dr. Strangelove-type ideas of sperm exhaustion were superstitions, but I’m no doctor. Surely lots of sex is healthy?
I agree with johnny five that plenty of sleep and water would be good for battling most kinds sickness or fatigue.
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PSA: Viagra is weak.
Cialis is much better. Makes you feel like you are 22 again.
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Lots of orgasms may be healthy for the prostate. But I suspect that swapping spit with lots of partners does carry some risks, if only of the passing-colds-around sort. Now, combine having-more-colds-and-flus-than-you’d-otherwise-have with too many hangovers and not enough sleep, and you’re feeling pretty bad on a regular basis. Too much of this, and you may also be doing the immune system a little damage.
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Well we’ve entered a rather esoteric realm here, something I didn’t expect – where is my daily dose of “10 tips to bang your best friend’s hot, cougar, Mom…”. But hey, let’s roll with the new shall we.
I have found that once I eliminated dairy from my diet I went from getting a cold four or five times a year, to once every five years or so, but I have stopped counting. Not to gross anyone out, but clearing out your sinuses with the “neti pot” and reducing the substrate ( mucus ) that germs culture in, will contribute to being sick less often. Google “neti pot” and do your own research.
Also, mundane things like frequent hand washing with antiseptic soap, high fiber diet, and lots of sleep help too.
Try it, along with that less than satisfying sounding holding your cum in thing.
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Is the war between the sexes wearing you down?
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Unless I misread you, I don’t get the extended non-ejaculation plan. After three days of holdn’ it in, I’m feeling an unpleasant load down there. After four or five, the discomfort is overwhelming…. and probably unhealthy.
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I guess I’ll be the prude in the bunch and point out that promiscuity IS bad for your health.
Other than that, taxing your parasympathetic/sympathetic nervous system by delaying your ejaculation could have something to do with it. Just a thought.
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studies show sex is good for health. just the thought alone of making love to someone you love and trust can probably boost immunity…but lack of condoms, lack of discernment in sexual partners, lack of consciousness and consideration…not so much.
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Roissy you are a study in extremes. Balance–though you may consider it boring–is the key to optimum health, and optimum health is very sexy.
“My choice:
Swear off sex for six months….Or
Continue fucking as my lifeforce drains out of me..”
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I am confounded by this post. Is Roissy admitting in public that he requires artificial stimulants to reinforce his, er, sexual stamina?
Extraordinary. You mean all those young, pretty, well-gamed girls aren’t quite enough for you?
You disappoint me, Sir.
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I hope this post isn’t prelude to a phony blogging exit; like: “Remember my “sex cold”, well turns out it was AIDs… so gotta go!”
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Here’s the thing about alcohol. Men who drink too much smell bad. Was dating a guy for six months who drank hard liquor on the weekends and I hated the smell of it. Feminine women want a man who smells yummy. You must be clean inside and out, roissy, but not a saint…that’s going too far.
My office asst. is clean living (within reason) and yummy by male standards. She’s been trying to make it work with a guy (we both know) only his diet is bad, he smokes, and in general is highly toxic. He’s a huge sushi fan, so he’s merked (mercury toxic) for sure. Makes a person very stubborn.
There’s no way it’s going to work between them until he cleans up. The separation between mind/emotions and body is pure fallacy. If the body is toxic, the mind and emotions are too. Mostly everyone is toxic, so having very little to compare themselves to, most are not aware of it. Now that I’m detoxing; mercury in particular (Oh no!! ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE alert!) I’ve had the thought there should be “support groups” for mercury free individuals. No doubt someone will bash me for that.
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na-ny boo-boo 69 proved he is an uninformed idiot when he blamed capitalism for any health ills.
Good health depends on regular, once-a-day ejaculations, without fail.
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Hey can we ban idiotic “womenspeak” on here, but not allowing them to use the words “yummy,” “lil” (for little) and “delicious” to connote things other than food?
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33 anon
What are you talking about? Capitalism? The cause of health ills is mainly ignorance. Our country worships money more than anything and he who has it, rules. I’m not against that, believe it or not, but people need to be aware of it. Who has the money as far as sickness is concerned? Drug companies?
http://www.lucire.com.au/documents/Cytochromes-paradigmatic.aspx
Question authority is all I’m saying. If a doctor says they can’t cure something and don’t know what causes it and just take this drug; it’s my opinion you should go somewhere else. I’ve nearly been killed by doctors so I have room to talk on the subject.
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34 DOBA
Can we say prick? 😀
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On thinking about it, I really think sex is health-enhancing because of the stress relief aspect. I feel great afterwards. It’s all the staying out late and drinking while chasing sex that’s bad.
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32: yes, that post does make you sound weird.
I think there should be support groups for mercury free individuals so the rest of us don’t have to talk with them too much.
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38 Awww, shucks mq. You hurt my feelings. 😦
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Is Roissy admitting in public that he requires artificial stimulants to reinforce his, er, sexual stamina?
i’ve never used viagra but i know a lot of guys in their 20s who do for the added enhancement. supposedly it’s what gives the new generation of porn stars so much staying power.
i have used yohimbe, though. that shit is good. a slight breeze will me hard when i’m taking yohimbe.
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Is Roissy admitting in public that he requires artificial stimulants to reinforce his, er, sexual stamina?
try != require. hth.
viagra is the shit; it* can easily enable a man to satisfy an entire harem of raverettes in succession. levitra, on the other hand, is bullshit. go party drugs!
*not a controlled study; ecstasy = lurking variable
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Call me old, or old-fashioned but Viagra gives me the creeps. Have never been with a man who needed it and wouldn’t want to be with one who did. To me it’s a huge red flag if a man needs a drug to get hard/stay hard. If he’s not mentally, physically, and emotionally healthy enough to get and keep an erection, he has some real work to do and if he’s not doing it–red flag. A person should get to the cause of their health issues whenever possible. And no, I am not anti-drugs under all circumstances either.
My ex’s ex-girlfriend WANTED him to take Viagra. But then she thought he needed a face lift too. I guess to go along with her boob job and liposuction. It wouldn’t bother me to be with a man who used herbs to enhance his sex drive/erections if he used them wisely. Herbs can be just as damaging as drugs if not used properly.
http://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=20895&name=VIAGRA
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Hmm. Meanwhile it’s worth remembering that alcohol has a deleterious effect on men’s sexual performance.
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39: sorry, nanny. 38 was a little much.
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44 mq
none taken. 🙂
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m. blowhard, i think you’ve described it pretty well. i’m just coming out of my second illness in 4 weeks and the main culprit as i see it is a lack of sleep. i could hold my wine and women better if i get my 8 hours of beauty rest.
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Always good to read about swimming, my ex was an olympic swimmer..
Can I ask though – how did you get this picked up and into google news?
Very impressive, is it something that is just up to Google or you actively created?
Obviously this is a popular blog with great data so well done on your seo success..
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Evertime I have sex with my wife I get really sick and run to the bathroom. what does that mean?
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i shag wimin
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Roissy boiii you got AIDS
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